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Comments: Huh. 2 weeks ago was my first half - EVER. My game plan that day was to just survive and with that I finished 2:26 on a course with an elevation gain of 423. Today's goal - crush my previous HM. My plan was to follow the 2:15 pacer. Well apparently I'm a bad planner because for the 2nd time in 2 weeks I had to throw my plan out the window. Today I was SURE I started ahead of the pacer but I couldn't see his sign so I figured when he passed me I'd just grab on and hold on for dear life. I knew my pace had to be 10:18 to hit a 2:15 finish time so I just tried to keep that in mind as I went. My first 7 miles are pretty consistent (with 2 being an anomoly). At mile 8 guess who I found? The 2:15 pacer. Not sure how he ended up in front of me but at that point I didn't need him and I knew I could hang on for 5 "measly" miles to finish before 2:15. I felt good so I started to kick it up. My garmin tells the rest of the story. Thanks for reading :) I'm pretty psyched and I can't wait to eat the apple crisp that's coming out of the oven in a few minutes. What would you do differently?: Nothing!  Post race
Warm down: Walked around to find DH (who finished 1:33 EEK) and headed for the car to meet friends and go to lunch. What limited your ability to perform faster: Lack of training. Profile Album Last updated: 2013-09-09 12:00 AM
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 2013-10-12 2:04 PM |
Member  2098   Simsbury, Connecticut |  Subject: ING Hartford Half Marathon |
| 2013-10-12 2:20 PM in reply to: #4875818 |
Royal(PITA) 14270  West Chester, Ohio | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Nicely done!! |
| 2013-10-12 3:41 PM in reply to: QueenZipp |
Master 3870  | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Awesome! Now you have a new PR to crush  Way to finish strong. |
| 2013-10-12 6:27 PM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Yay for the PR!!! Sounds like you do best not following your plans :0 Congrats to you and your speedy husband; hope you finished off the apple crisp. |
| 2013-10-12 9:16 PM in reply to: amd723 |
Pro 6520 Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Great job. My sister just moved to Hartford and I was telling her earlier in the week how badly I wanted to come out and do this race. Looked like a great time. |
| 2013-10-13 12:02 AM in reply to: popsracer |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon 14 min PR! Awesome job |
| 2013-10-13 7:15 PM in reply to: popsracer |
Member 2098 Simsbury, Connecticut | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Originally posted by popsracer Great job. My sister just moved to Hartford and I was telling her earlier in the week how badly I wanted to come out and do this race. Looked like a great time. DH has done the full twice and I had been a bike volunteer on the half course those same 2 years. It's a fun event with good support and LOTS of cheering. It goes through a lot of residential areas so there are lots of people with their kids out on their lawns in their PJS smiling and waving. It's big enough that you never feel alone but small enough that you never feel like a sardine. I really liked it. Well, aside from the running part  |
| 2013-10-13 7:41 PM in reply to: #4875818 |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Solid job, awesome finish! Congratulations on a really nicely run race. |
| 2013-10-13 7:47 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
| Seattle | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Great race!!! Waita get that PR! |
| 2013-10-14 11:53 AM in reply to: Asalzwed |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Awesome race and way to seriously CRUSH your previous race time!! |
| 2013-10-14 2:04 PM in reply to: blueyedbikergirl |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Nice race! |
| 2013-10-14 2:50 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Nice PR!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats! |
| 2013-10-14 4:21 PM in reply to: mtnbikerchk |
| Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon Mmmmmmmm, fresh, warm apple crisp..... oh, sorry, got distracted. Congrats on finding the pacer (and not needing him anyway) and the new PR!! |
| 2013-10-17 6:19 AM in reply to: melbo55 |
Melon Presser 52116 | Subject: RE: ING Hartford Half Marathon CONSPANKULATIONS RANDEETEE! Awesome PR. Awesome race. And no, you don't need to warm up for a half mary |
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Overall Rank = 3925/6586
Age Group = f40-44
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The usual - bagel flat with peanut butter. Oh I added a little jam today too - YUM. Skipped the banana. So I guess it wasn't the usual......
zippo LOL Mile 1 was warmup